Work & commute · Grovespring

Work & commute in Grovespring, MO

Most working residents leave Grovespring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Grove (15%), Springfield (15%) and Mansfield (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 53 Grovespring residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grovespring.

53live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grovespring goes to work

Mountain Grove26.4 mi away

15%8

Springfield40.3 mi away

15%8

Mansfield20.4 mi away

9%5

Lebanon18.8 mi away

9%5

Hartville11.8 mi away

6%3

Cabool33.7 mi away

4%2

Fort Smith, AR172.6 mi away

2%1

Paducah, KY219.2 mi away

2%1

Ironton109.2 mi away

2%1

Houston35.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%19

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Grovespring commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

43%

19%

4%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grovespring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grovespring are

56 jobs are based in Grovespring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grovespring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grovespring

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Grovespring residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+143%

Jobs based in Grovespring, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.